Archives.com Massively Expands U.S. Vital Records Collections

With the holidays behind us, it's time to dig into finding more ancestors and Archives.com is here to help. We recently added more than 58 million United States vital records. These 27 new collections contain birth, death, or marriage information from 21 states.

To learn more about these collections and to begin your search, please visit the Collections page.

Highlights Include:

Connecticut Town Marriage Records and Connecticut Town Death Records (popularly known as the Barbour Collection) cover pre-1870 marriages and deaths and are considered a standard Connecticut reference.

Georgia Death Records covers 1919 through 1998. Information includes the person's name, birth date, death date, and place of death.

Indiana Marriage Records covers marriages from 1800 through 1941. This will be indispensable for researching your ancestors in the Hoosier State.

New Jersey Birth Index includes births from 1660 through 1931. Records vary in content, but could include not only the parents' names, but also the names of the grandparents.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Index will help your research in a state that can be difficult. This collection contains deaths from 1803 through 1915. Depending on who gave the information, records could contain parents' names, the spouse's name, and place of burial.

Full List of Recently-added U.S. Vital Records:

Alabama Death Records, 1908-1959

Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950

Connecticut Town Death Records, Barbour Collection, pre-1870

Connecticut Town Marriage Records, Barbour Collection, pre-1870

Delaware Birth Records, 1800-1908

Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933

Georgia Death Records, 1919-1998

Illinois Marriage Records, 1790-1860

Indiana Marriage Records, 1800-1941

Louisiana Death Index, 1900-1949

Maryland Marriage Records, 1655-1850

Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920

Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002

Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002

Mississippi Marriage Records, 1776-1935

Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002

New Hampshire Death and Burial Index, 1654-1949

New Jersey Birth and Christening Index, 1660-1931

New Jersey Death and Burial Index, 1798-1971

New York City Birth Records, 1891-1902

New York City Death Records, 1892-1902

North Carolina Death Records, 1908-2004

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Death Index, 1803-1915

Tennessee State Death Records, 1908-1958

Tennessee Marriage Records, 1780-2002

Texas State Marriage Records, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002

Virginia Death and Burials Index, 1853-1917

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